[Patchanim-commit] SF.net SVN: patchanim: [46] trunk/patchanim/htdocs/index.html
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Revision: 46 http://patchanim.svn.sourceforge.net/patchanim/?rev=46&view=rev Author: dbrosius Date: 2008-01-27 18:23:07 -0800 (Sun, 27 Jan 2008) Log Message: ----------- better wording Modified Paths: -------------- trunk/patchanim/htdocs/index.html Modified: trunk/patchanim/htdocs/index.html =================================================================== --- trunk/patchanim/htdocs/index.html 2008-01-28 02:19:44 UTC (rev 45) +++ trunk/patchanim/htdocs/index.html 2008-01-28 02:23:07 UTC (rev 46) @@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ primary color (red in this case). By using a curve, we can give a separate color for each section of the curve, as seen in the color blend below the curve.</p> <div style="position:relative;left:300px;"/><img src="bezier.jpg"/></div> - <p>Now this tool, uses Cubic Bezier <b>patches</b>, a 3D surface patch consisting of 16 control points. You can think - of a patch as bezier curves running in parallel along the x axis, and a cross cutting setting of curves running along - the y axis. Again, though, the z value, in this application is mapped to a color, where patch values of 0 are mapped - to black, and values of 255 are mapped to full color (in this case red). In the color blend samples, then, you can - imagine that you are looking straight down on the patch from above.</p> + <p>Now this tool uses Cubic Bezier <b>patches</b>, not curves. A Bezier patch is a description of a 3D surface + consisting of 16 control points. You can think of a patch as bezier curves running in parallel along the + x axis, and a cross cutting setting of curves running along the y axis. Again, though, the z value, in + this application is mapped to a color, where patch values of 0 are mapped to black, and values of 255 + are mapped to full color (in this case red). In the color blend samples, then, you can imagine that + you are looking straight down on the patch from above. In this application, you can only move the control points + up or down, the x and y positions are fixed.</p> <p><b>Jan 27, 2008 - This tool is not finished at this time, although the patch animations work</b><br/> Still to be done: This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. |